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Scottish Office

Answer

Mr. Canavan: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each local authority area, the number of pre-school child minding places available and express the figure as a percentage of the total number of pre-school children in the area. [80218] Mr. Galbraith: The table gives the available information. Some authorities have yet to submit their returns. Registered child minding places for children under 5, as at 30 November 1997 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Local authority Number of registered places Number of registered places as a percentage of under 5 population (%) Aberdeen City 735 6 Aberdeenshire 1,266 9 Angus 854 13 Argyll and Bute 459 9 Clackmannanshire 181 6 Dumfries and Galloway 295 3 Dundee City n/a n/a East Ayrshire 433 6 East Dunbartonshire 698 11 East Lothian n/a n/a East Renfrewshire n/a n/a Edinburgh, City of n/a n/a Eilean Siar 66 4 Falkirk 721 8 Fife 1,964 10 Glasgow City n/a n/a Highland n/a n/a Inverclyde 171 3 Midlothian n/a n/a Moray 539 10 North Ayrshire 346 4 North Lanarkshire 655 3 Orkney Islands 66 6 Perthshire and Kinross 966 13 Renfrewshire 438 4 Scottish Borders n/a n/a Shetland Islands 128 8 South Ayrshire 462 8 South Lanarkshire 979 5 Stirling 509 11 West Dunbartonshire 235 4 West Lothian n/a n/a _________________________________________________________________________________________________. From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

80218; 329 c196-7W

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Childcare Childminding Local government Scotland

Contains statistics

Yes